Paul Trap Simulator Experiment (PTSX) to Simulate Intense Beam Propagation Through a Periodic Focusing Quadrupole Field1
Abstract
The Paul Trap Simulator Experiment (PTSX) is under construction at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory to simulate intense beam propagation through a periodic quadrupole magnetic field. In the Paul trap configuration, a long nonneutral plasma column is confined axially by dc voltages on end cylinders at z = +L and z = -L, and transverse confinement is provided by segmented cylindrical electrodes with applied oscillatory voltages +/-V (sub zero)(t) over 90 deg segments. Because the transverse focusing force is similar in waveform to that produced by a discrete set of periodic quadrupole magnets in a frame moving with the beam, the Paul trap configuration offers the possibility of simulating intense beam propagation in a compact laboratory facility. The experimental layout is described, together with the planned experiments to study beam mismatch, envelope instabilities, halo particle production and collective wave excitations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 24, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADP012560
Entities
People
- Erik Gilson
- Hong Qin
- P. C. Efthimion
- Richard Majeski
- Ronald C. Davidson
Organizations
- Princeton University